The meeting of South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is so historic its raised the idea of being worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. Those saying President Trump deserves the recognition should surprise even the most callous news follower.
When the widow of a former South Korean president suggested President Moon Jae-in deserves it, he was quick to say that President Trump should “take the Nobel prize” as long as there is peace in the Korean peninsula.
One thing was certain, at the end of the day-long summit this past Friday the meeting could never have taken place if not for President Trump. The great negotiator had achieved bringing a North Korean leader to the table for the first time in nearly 70 years and prompted an end to hostilities where three former U.S. presidents failed.
For this achievement alone, President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize! It isn’t surprising when Fox News reports such a thing but everyone should take notice when CNN says it.
Political pundit and anti-Trumper Stephen Collinson said, “The summit … keeps alive the possibility of a legacy win for Trump that would rank as one of the top presidential achievements since World War II. If he were to preside over the verifiable destruction of the North’s nuclear and missile programs, formally end the 1950-53 Korean War and usher in the destruction of the world’s last Cold War-era frontier, Trump would claim a feat that has eluded all of his most recent predecessors.”
When South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung told Christiane Amanpour, “Clearly, credit goes to President Trump. He’s been determined to come to grips with this from Day 1.” She not only didn’t offer commentary but appeared to agree.
Will Kim Jong-un keep his promise and disband his quest for nuclear weapons? Anyone on any part of political spectrum can’t answer that one. As one journalist observed, promises from North Korea are like watching Bill Murray in Groundhog Day – haven’t we seen this one before? It is likely that Kim will drag his feet and give up nuclear weapons kicking and screaming. But that’s not the point.
Unlike when Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel in 2009, barely a year after entering office, Trump has actually accomplished something. If the prize committee is legitimate it will focus on the results President Trump has achieved so far, not on what may or may not happen in the future.
So what did Trump achieve? Only a few months ago he was trading insults with the North Korean president while bogus missile attack alarms blared in Hawaii. Since then, he has threatened strong tariffs on China, North Korea’s only trade partner, and promised Kim Jong-un he would be dictator of a radiated hole in the ground if he attacked South Korea or the U.S. After all of his blustering, Kim was asking to return to the table.
Trump understood that North Korea is a hermit kingdom – diplomatically, economically, and militarily. Its economy is worth just a one-third of Ethiopia’s. China loses little if it chooses to put pressure on North Korea but much to lose in a trade war with the U.S.
Trade has fallen almost 90 percent between North Korea and China following Beijing’s implementation of economic sanctions imposed due to the North’s nuclear and missile tests. Something Trump had insisted on.
The left and many on the right roundly criticized President Trump for his positive words to China a few weeks ago when he said: “Do not forget the great help that my good friend, President Xi of China, has given to the United States … Without him, it would have been a much longer, tougher, process!”
Perhaps it was Trump who understood the mind and will of China far better than the Washington establishment.
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for a great slogan – hope and change. Fooled by his good speeches and politically correct plans, the Nobel Prize Committee gave Obama the award for the hope he gave people, now is the time to give the same award for what Trump had already done.
The former secretary of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, writes: “Many of Obama’s supporters believe it was a mistake. As such it did not achieve what the committee had hoped for.”
We hoped Trump would accomplish great things, now is the time for the Nobel Prize Committee to award him for what he HAS accomplished.
~ American Liberty Report
